WARANGAL: The rampage by chilli farmers at Enamamula market yard in protest against lack of remunerative price for their produce on Wednesday bore no fruit. Traders purchased chilli from the farmers on Thursday but without increasing the prices. In protest, farmers stalled transactions from 8.30-10.30 a.m.They entered into an argument with the traders saying that officials assured them of ensuring a rise in the price. For sometime, traders and officials did not come to yard fearing attack by ryots. However, buying began amidst police bandobust. In the evening too, farmers disrupted the weighing process. Purchasing began after some discussions.Officials assured farmers that all the produce brought to the yard would be purchased.Farmers lamented that they were selling their produce under inevitable conditions.“Enamamula officials declared holiday for the market yard for four days and as I cannot take the chilli back home, I sold it for the price being offered,” said Sanikommu Samba Reddy, a farmer of Devagiripatnam in Mulug mandal.“The Teja variety was offered Rs 5,200 per quintal while the same was bought at Rs 8,700 per quintal last year,” he added.“The negligence of the government is reflected in the fact that neither elected representatives nor officials visited the market yard despite violence,” said Mandari Kanakaiah of Geesukonda mandal headquarters.MINISTERS STAY AWAY FROM MARKETMinisters Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Baswaraju Saraiah and Gandra Venkataramana Reddy were in the district on Wednesday but did not care to visit Enamamula market yard even after the rampage. The ministers took part in several programmes like garlanding the statue of Jyotirao Pule on the occasion of his birth anniversary.IT minister Ponnala was in the district on Thursday too but he did not go to the yard. He held a meeting with the officials on Prajapatham in the collectorate. In the evening, he held a meeting with the market yard officials about issues plaguing the yard just as a formality.COPS TRYING TO IDENTIFY ARSONISTSMeanwhile, police have begun identifying farmers who resorted to violence in the market yard. They are watching video clippings, photos and trying to catch the farmers who went on a rampage.Cases will be registered against those damaging private and public property, police officers said.
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